Etymology

histoanatomist

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Today it means: An anatomist whose speciality is histoanatomy. Full definition →

English anatomist ← Middle English anatomie ← Old French anatomie
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Ancient Greekῐ̔στός (hĭstós)
  3. Englishhisto-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*aná
  6. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
  7. Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  9. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  10. Ancient Greekἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
  11. Ancient Greekἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
  12. Latinanatomia
  13. Old Frenchanatomie
  14. Middle Englishanatomie
  15. Englishanatomy
  16. Englishanatomist
  17. English todayhistoanatomist

From histo- + anatomist.

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